Cèdre "Heritage Malbec" Cahors 22

Malbec, but make it rustic. Cedre is easily one of the top players in Cahors. This organically-farmed estate is now managed by 3rd generation brothers, and their fathers - also brothers. The wine gives you fruit by the foot (raspberry, blackberry, spiced plum) and spice notes (baking spices, bay leaf), but balances lushness and muscle with tension and a mineral elegance -- perhaps a result of the limestone plateau and iron/gravel/ alluvial soils -- or the maturation in concrete tank. An entry level wine that gives you lots to think about.